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...superior court judgeship.The council, in a press release, said the applications are for the seat now held by Judge PhilipVolland, who is retiring.Applications are due March 16. The council will then seek public comment and review the backgrounds...

...of fatally shooting her three teenage sons has been found mentally competent to stand trial. Superior Court Judge PhilipVolland issued the competency ruling Friday in the case of Cynthia Lord, 42, who is charged with first-degree murder in...

...teenage sons. Sound off on the important issues at Cynthia Lord, 45, was sentenced Friday by Superior Court Judge PhilipVolland. Lord was convicted in May on three counts of first-degree murder for the March 2004 deaths, but declared to be...

...has thrown out a murder charge against an Anchorage man who was accused of killing his wife. Superior Court Judge PhilipVolland says an investigator presented his opinion about the killer last fall, tainting the jury's findings. The Anchorage...

...surface in her kitchen has done enough time, a judge ruled. Sound off on the important issues at Superior Court Judge PhilipVolland found that Michele Dague's actions were uncharacteristic, a one-time event, for the woman who had no criminal...

...awaiting a second murder trial in the death of one of her fiancés could soon be released on bail. Superior Court Judge PhilipVolland - the same judge that presided over Mechele Linehan's 2007 trial in which the Alaska Court of Appeals determined...

...challenging it proceeds. "Alaska's plans have not been pre-cleared previously. It's an important step," said PhilipVolland, attorney for the Alaska Redistricting Board. The Justice Department ruled Monday that the plan complies with the...

...guilty to manslaughter as part of a plea agreement in the death of Esther Marchetti in 2005. Superior Court Judge PhilipVolland sentenced her to 10 years in prison, suspending five of them. She also received seven years of probation. At her...

...women while on duty. The Anchorage Daily News reported defense attorney David Weber had asked Superior Court Judge PhilipVolland to reduce bail because Rollins was not a flight risk. Two of the victims' mothers read statements about the impact...

...duty. Assistant District Attorney Brittany Dunlop filed a motion asking for a hearing to review Superior Court Judge PhilipVolland's decision. She said suspended officer Anthony Rollins and his wife own housing and land valued at more than...